Editing Michael Bloomberg (section)

== Early life and education ==
Bloomberg was born on February 14, 1942, at [[St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (Boston)|St. Elizabeth's Hospital]], in the [[Brighton, Boston|Brighton]] neighborhood of [[Boston]], to William Henry Bloomberg (1906–1963), a bookkeeper for a dairy company,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=Dean E.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/nyregion/bloomberg-a-man-of-contradictions-but-with-a-single-focus.html|title=Bloomberg a Man of Contradictions, but With a Single Focus|date=November 26, 2001|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and Charlotte (née Rubens) Bloomberg (1909–2011).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/nyregion/charlotte-r-bloomberg-mayors-mother-dies-at-102.html |title=Charlotte R. Bloomberg, Mayor's Mother, Dies at 102 |last=Harris |first=Elizabeth A. |date=June 20, 2011 |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 13, 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Saguinsin|first=Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_LSMDwAAQBAJ&q=Michael%20Bloomberg%20was%20born%20at%20St.%20Elizabeth's%20Hospital%20in%20Boston,%20Massachusetts,%20on%20February%2014,%201942&pg=PA76|title=Things You Need To Know About Success & Failure|publisher=A.T.Saguinsin|language=en}}</ref> His father never earned more than $6,000 a year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pelley |first=Scott |date=2020-03-01 |title=Mike Bloomberg tells 60 Minutes why he should be president – CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-bloomberg-2020-democratic-presidential-candidate-60-minutes-2020-03-01/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bloomberg |first=Michael R. |date=2018-11-18 |title=Opinion {{!}} Michael Bloomberg: Why I'm Giving $1.8 Billion for College Financial Aid |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/opinion/bloomberg-college-donation-financial-aid.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> William Henry Bloomberg died suddenly when his son was in college.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cardwell |first=Diane |date=2007-02-01 |title=In Jerusalem, Spotlight on Bloomberg's Father |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/nyregion/01cnd-dad.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The [[Baker Library/Bloomberg Center|Bloomberg Center]] at the [[Harvard Business School]] was named in William Henry's honor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baker Library/Bloomberg Center |url=https://www.hbs.edu/about/campus-and-culture/campus-built-on-philanthropy/Pages/baker-library-bloomberg-center.aspx |website=Harvard Business School |access-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Levitz|first=Jennifer|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-condemns-narrowing-views-on-college-campuses-1401402413|title=Bloomberg Condemns Narrowing Views on College Campuses|date=May 29, 2014|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=March 16, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Bloomberg's family is [[Jewish]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ungar-Sargon |first1=Batya |title=This is the most Jewish election in U.S. history. Amazingly, no one cares |newspaper=The Washington Post |publisher=Nash Holdings |date=February 28, 2020 | via=Cengage   | oclc=2269358 |issn=0190-8286 | id={{Gale|A615538670}}}}</ref> and he is a member of the [[Congregation Emanu-El of New York|Temple Emanu-El]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2010/08/31/culture/focus-on-bloombergs-jewishness|title='Focus' on Bloomberg's Jewishness|date=September 1, 2010}}</ref> Bloomberg's paternal grandfather, Rabbi Alexander "Elick" Bloomberg, was a [[Polish Jew]].<ref name=":7">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Bloomberg |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |title=Michael Bloomberg|date=May 10, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/16/archives/susan-meyer-is-married-to-michael-bloomberg.html|title = Susan Meyer is Married to Michael Bloomberg|newspaper = The New York Times|date = December 16, 1976}}</ref> Bloomberg's maternal grandfather, Max Rubens, was a [[Lithuanian Jewish]] immigrant from present-day [[Belarus]], and his maternal grandmother was born in New York to Lithuanian Jewish parents.<ref>{{cite news |last=Purnick |first=Joyce |date=October 9, 2009 |title=Mike Bloomberg |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/books/excerpt-mike-bloomberg.html |url-access=limited |work=The New York Times |quote=[Micheal Bloomberg's mother,] Charlotte Rubens, [had a father] born in present-day Belarus. [Her said father] emigrated to England before coming with his family to New Jersey. Her mother, a child of immigrants from Lithuania, was born on Mott Street in lower Manhattan.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=Beverly |last2=Lovett |first2=Kenneth |last3=Blau |first3=Reuven |last4=Einhorn |first4=Erin |last5=Lucadamo |first5=Kathleen |date=June 19, 2011 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/charlotte-bloomberg-mayor-bloomberg-mother-dies-102-article-1.127366 |title=Charlotte Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg's Mother, Dies at 102 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |access-date=July 12, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Andrew |first1=Tisch |last2=Skafidas |first2=Mary |title=Journeys: An American Story |url=https://subwayreads.org/book/journeys-an-american-story/ |website=Subway Reads |access-date=9 December 2022 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925015016/https://subwayreads.org/book/journeys-an-american-story/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The family lived in [[Allston]] until Bloomberg was two years old, followed by [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], for two years, finally settling in the Boston suburb of [[Medford, Massachusetts]], where he lived until after he graduated from college.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/nyregion/bloombergs-hometown-medford-mass-struggles-to-keep-his-attention.html |title=Mayor's Ties to Hometown Fade, but for a few, They Are Still Felt |work=The New York Times |date=March 19, 2012 |first=Michael M. |last=Grynbaum |access-date=March 20, 2012 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

Bloomberg became an [[Eagle Scout]] when he was twelve years old.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fiorina |first1=Steve |title=Mike Bloomberg campaigns in San Diego for first time |url=https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/mike-bloomberg-campaigns-in-san-diego-for-first-time/509-a0d92320-0073-4115-a7ea-11b089039616 |access-date=4 December 2020 |date=5 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yoJ5gIsDat0C |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |pages=111–18 |access-date=February 14, 2012 |title=Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts |isbn=978-0-312-36653-7 |year=2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url-status=live |last=Auletta|first=Ken|date=March 10, 1997|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/03/10/the-bloomberg-threat |title=The Bloomberg Threat|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011120203615/http://newyorker.com/FROM_THE_ARCHIVE/ARCHIVES/?011126fr_archive01|archive-date=November 20, 2001|volume=73|issue=3|page=38}}</ref> He graduated from [[Medford High School (Massachusetts)|Medford High School]] in 1960.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/03/05/nyregion/20120305medford.html|title=Bloomberg's Medford|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 18, 2012 |url-access=limited}}</ref> He went on to attend [[Johns Hopkins University]], where he joined the fraternity [[Phi Kappa Psi]]. While there, he constructed the [[blue jay]] costume for the university's [[mascot]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.admitsee.com/blog/10-fun-facts-about-johns-hopkins-university |title=10 Fun Facts about Johns Hopkins University |website=www.admitsee.com |access-date=March 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-11-10-0111100156-story.html|title=He was always working|last=Smith|first=Linell|website=baltimoresun.com|date=November 10, 2001 |language=en-US|access-date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> He graduated in 1964 with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[electrical engineering]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/retro-baltimore/bs-fe-retro-baltimore-trivia-michael-bloomberg-hopkins-major-20181119-story.html|title=Retro Baltimore Trivia: What was Michael Bloomberg's degree in from Johns Hopkins University?|website=baltimoresun.com|date=November 23, 2018 |access-date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> In 1966, he graduated from [[Harvard Business School]] with a [[Master of Business Administration]] (MBA) degree.<ref>{{cite web |title=Life After B-School: 5 Very Different HBS Grads |date=April 15, 2011 |access-date=February 14, 2012 |url=http://www.knewton.com/blog/gmat/b-school-life/2011/04/15/life-after-b-school-5-very-different-hbs-grads |first=Meghan |last=Daniels |work=[[Knewton]] blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309014005/http://www.knewton.com/blog/gmat/b-school-life/2011/04/15/life-after-b-school-5-very-different-hbs-grads/ |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=bbb17>{{cite book |last=Bloomberg |first=Michael |year=1997 |title=Bloomberg by Bloomberg |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |isbn=978-0-471-15545-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bloombergbybloom00bloo/page/17 17] |url=https://archive.org/details/bloombergbybloom00bloo/page/17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/successful-harvard-business-school-alumni-2015-7|title=The 30 most successful Harvard Business School graduates of all time|last=Luce|first=Richard Feloni, Tanza Loudenback, Ivan De|website=Business Insider|date=August 5, 2019|access-date=March 16, 2020}}</ref>
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File:Michael Bloomberg in 1964 Hullabaloo.jpg|{{center|Bloomberg in [[Johns Hopkins University]]'s 1964 yearbook}}
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Bloomberg is a member of [[Kappa Beta Phi]] and [[Tau Beta Pi]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5PxAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT151 |last=Roose |first=Kevin |date=2014 |title=Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits |location=London, UK |publisher=John Murray (Publishers), An Hachette UK Company |page=151 |isbn=978-1-4555-7232-8}}</ref> He wrote an autobiography, ''Bloomberg by Bloomberg'', with help from [[Bloomberg News]] editor-in-chief [[Matthew Winkler (journalist)|Matthew Winkler]].<ref>{{cite news|date=October 27, 2008|title=The Fate of Bloomberg's Memoir|last=Barbaro|first=Michael|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/the-fate-of-bloombergs-memoir|access-date=November 1, 2012|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Farhi|first=Paul|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bloomberg-news-reaches-into-british-media-for-a-new-top-editor/2014/12/09/c7080380-7fbf-11e4-81fd-8c4814dfa9d7_story.html|title=Bloomberg News reaches into British media for a new top editor|date=December 9, 2014|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=March 16, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>